SECAUCUS -- A man and woman from South Carolina were arrested at the Sam’s Club here yesterday after a Hudson County sheriff’s officer ran a car plate and it came back stolen, official said.

Just after noon, the officer arrested Nicholas Maxton, 34, and Heather Auborn, 25, in the store parking lot on Harmon Meadow Drive and they were charged with receiving stolen property, a Sheriff’s Office report says.

The officer became suspicious when the silver Mercury Marquis parked behind the Sam’s Club building. When the officer ran its South Carolina plate, it came back stolen, a report says.

When Maxton and Auborn began walking around, the officer got out of his vehicle, informed them they were under arrest and handcuffed them, the report says.

A tow truck was dispatched to the lot and the Grand Marquis was towed away, the report says.